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Improve translations workflow

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enhancement infrastructure translation
Dominant language
C++
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Forks
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Avg merge
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Merged PRs (30d)
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Description

Currently we have some setup to support translations in the app. For releasing we use combination of bash scripts (`update_i18n_ts.bash`, `release_i18n_qm.bash`) and incoming PRs from translators.

From Qt 6.7 the bash scripts could be replaced by cmake targets, which would streamline our setup to be more cmake oriented and less "held together by custom scripts". Besides that the developer experience is not the greatest. `update_i18n_ts.bash` requires path to Qt directory as argument, but `release_i18n_qm.bash` is expecting the path to be in `PATH`. The transition to cmake could also help us to use the Qt build with VCPKG instead of custom installation by developer.

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First steps

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction

Start by reading update_i18n_ts.bash and release_i18n_qm.bash to document their current arguments and environment assumptions. Then inspect the existing CMake setup and Qt translation workflow; done means the release and update steps are represented by CMake targets and no longer depend on inconsistent Qt path handling.

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Assessment

Tech stack
bash, cmake, cpp
Domain
build-system, localization, mobile
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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